Dry-steam sleeve-finishing board



' W. W. CAMPBELL DRY STEAM SLEEVE FINISHING BOARD Filed Jan. 9, 1926 gnue'ntoz 201/1 Zzwe 71/. flamplell,

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Patented July 13, 1926.

WALLACE W. CAMPBELL, 01? DENVER, COLORADO.

DRY-STEAM SLEEVE-FINISHING- BOARD.

Application filed January 9, 1926. Serial No. 80,218.

This invention relates to improvements in steam finishing boards of the type used in steaming sleeves. p r I It is well known to those versed in the art of dry cleaning and tailoring that it is very difficult to get wrinkles out of sleeves made of velvet, plush or other pile fabrics when the finishing has to be done on large wide steam boards. i

It is the object of this invention to produce a steam board that shall be especially adapted for finishing sleeves and which shall be s0 constructed that the steam will be maintained as dry as possible.

In steam cleaning in general it is highly desirable that the steam shall be dry when it emerges from the board; this has been recognized by prior inventors and various expedients have been resorted to for the purpose of obtaining this result, none of these, however, produce this result as perfectly as might be desired.

By means of the construction that I will presently describe in detail, I am' able to obtain a more complete separation of the moisture and the steam that has heretofore been attained, whereby better results are achieved than where a less dry steam is used.

My invention can be most clearly described and will be most readily understood when reference is bad to the accompanying drawing in which the preferred embodiment thereof has been illustrated and in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved sleeve steaming board, parts thereof being broken away to better disclose the construction; and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section of the principal portions of the device.

Numeral 1 designates the upper surface of the floor on which the device is supported and to which it is attached. The device which Iwill now proceed to describe in detail is of very simple construction and consists of a cylindrical tubular member 2, which may be formed from an ordinary wrought iron pipe of suitable'size. The outer end of the tubular member 2 is closed by a plug 3- and the other end is threaded into a cross 41. The opening in the cross, opposite from that to which the pipe 2 is secured, is closed by a plug 5 which has athreaded opening 6 to which one end of the L 7 is connected. The other end of the L 7 is threaded onto the upper end of the pipe Swhose lower end has a flange 9 that rests upon the floor and is attached to it by means of bolts or screws 10. The steam pipe 11 has a control valve 12 which is connected to the uppermost opening in the cross 4 by means of a short pipe 13. Extending downwardly from the cross is'a pipe 141 whose lower end is connected with the T 15 in the manner shown. From the T 15 a pipe 16 extends down to the floor and terminates in a flange 17. The upper end of pipe 16 of pipe 22. Some filtering material 27 such as cotton is placed within the coupling 23 between the screens 24 and 26. The filter that has just been described serves to retard the outward flow of the water of condensa tion so as to form a seal that prevents the steam from escaping too readily. The cylindrical tubular member 2 has a covering 28 which has been shown as a layer 29 of felt that lies between the two layers 30 of canvas.

The device is employed in the following manner. Let us assume that the pipe 11 is connected to a source of steam such as ordinarily employed for this purpose. The valve 12 is partly opened so as to let steam enter; this steam will naturally fill the interior of the pipes 2 and 1aand some of it will escape through the holes 31 into the pad 28. As the steam condenses the water will fiow downwardly into pipe 19 and L 20 where its escape will be retarded to some extent by the screens 2eand 2t. and the filter material 27 whereby a seal is formed that prevents the steam from as taping. This seal will, of course, resist only low pressures but is sufficient to perform the desired function with the steam pressures ordinarily employed in cleaning. The sleeve to be smoothed is, of course, pulled over the outside of the pad 28. When steam is brought into contact with a colder body there is always some condensation and naturally steam will condense in the pipe 2. The water from the condensed steam will collect to some extent on the bottom sur- Hit;

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taceof the pipe 2 and will flow into pipe 14. It will be noticed that the steam enters at the top and leaves at a point below the horizontal armand that pipe 1% is directly below the pipe 13, therefore, any water particles that eaten with the steam will immediately be separated. If the steam entered from below, there would be acon stant low of steam in an upward direction \x hich' would have atendency to carry the aqueous vapors into the pipe 2 and thereby pro'ducil'ig' a moist-steam. hen the partsare arranged in the manner shown in the drawing and above described, there is no tendency toprevent the escape of aqueous vapors from the pipe 2' but rather a force that facilitates the removal of the vapors and for this reason the steam will be kept dryer thanit otherwise would be.

Having now described my invention what 1' claim as new is 1. In a sleeve steaming board,' in combination, a perforated tubular arm, means for supporting said arm in a horizontal position, a closure for each end of said arm, one o't said end closures having a steam inlet and an outlet opening, the mlet opening being located directly above the outlet so that when steam is flowing there will be a term produced that tends to remove water vapor from the interior of the arm.

In a sleeve steaming board, in combination, a perforated tubular arm means for supporting said arm in a horizontal position, a closure for each end of said arm, one of said end closures having a steam inlet and an outlet opening, the inlet opening being located directly above the outlet sotliat when steam is-flowing there will be a for e produced that tends to remove water aper from the interior of the arm and a filter device in the outlet opening for retarding the escape of the waters of cond ensation.

In testimony whereof I ail-ix my signature.

WALLACE W. CAMPBELL. 

